My entire life I have been fascinated with film and commercials. As a kid, I would stop what I was doing to watch a commercial. This has not changed through the years. My goal in life is to work in the film industry and work with video. This may have developed from my brother’s short term love for the video arts. Like most little brothers I followed in his footsteps through a lot of things and most of them would not stick. As I grew older I developed my own different ideals and likes. But, video just stuck with me. Even if film production doesn’t work out I have always had a childlike excitement for fighting fires. Being the person to save the day is something that everybody wants to do, but not everyone peruses this dangerous career. To be in a film production of any sort you are not required to have a college degree. It’s funny though because most people do go to college for these fields. My brother worked as an assistant producer in a locally filmed movie titled “Immortally Yours”. It was a low budget film shot for about 500,000 dollars. He had just graduated high school when ...
When we think of high school dropout we automatically start thinking, “Wow, that must’ve been some druggie.” Now what would you say if he dropped out to pursue a dream of his? Would you change your mind? What if he lied on his résumé to ‘compensate for his lack of experience in the film industry’, would you hire him? He gathered all of his knowledge while working at The Manhattan Beach Video Archives. There, he was able to work on some of his earlier scripts such as, True Romance (1993), and Natural Born Killers (1994). Looking to direct his first movie, he was able to get ahold of distribution company, Miramax Films, with Lawrence Bender set in place for production, who was able to secure funding for Reservoir Dogs (1992). Through this, he, Quentin Tarantino was then able to direct his first movie, having grossed 2.8 million from a budget of 1.2 million. He was able to make the difference of the two, 1.6 million, in just eight weeks. In 2009, just seventeen years after his directorial debut, he wrote and directed his first World War II film, Inglourious Basterds. Having set a budget of 70 million, Inglourious Basterds set a domestic gross total of 120.5 million, with a difference of 50.5 million. A huge step from his first. There have been several rumors that have risen since the end of Inglourious Basterds that deals with the films that Tarantino may cover. One specifically deals with a spaghetti western, with a working title of ‘Django: Unchained’.
You don’t need a college degree to have a good paying job. Not attending college affects ones literacy of financial awareness, their ability to receive a job, and their ability to carry our responsibilities.
Is it necessary to have a college degree before having the opportunity to experience the dream career of your choice? Depending on what background you came from, there are different reasons why we go to college. Most of us go due to career change/job position, increase our intellect/knowledge, not to be stigmatized, playing as a role model either to our children or even someone that we care of. In his essay, “A College Education: What Is Its Purpose?” Andrew DelBanco mentioned the three reasons college still matters which are: Economic (A college degree has replaced the high school diploma as “the minimum requirement into the skilled labor market.”), Opportunity (Our democratic form of government requires an educated
I would like to begin this reflection paper with my past experiences. First, I am an older student – obtaining my first bachelors from Hofstra University. As a sophomore in broadcast journalism, I was assigned the task of interviewing a graduate student in speech-language pathology as part of a career exploration video for incoming freshman. Filming her and her fellow classmates as they helped children overcome their stutter and gain both confidence and a voice, I was fascinated by the amazing work they were doing. But I had already begun searching for a career path in public relations, soon taking a job at a public relations firm on Long Island focusing on business clients. Within three months, I started dreaming about a career more than a
As surprising as it may seem, there is no education required to be a music producer. It is very helpful and more likely to increase the chance of employment if there is some educational background though. There are schools nationwide that offer programs in music production that teach the technical aspects of music and it is recommended to enroll in one of these degree programs if one is pursuing a career as a music producer. There are multiple degrees that will aid in the teaching of producing music such as the Bachelor of Music in Music Production and the Bachelor of Science in Music Technology. The skills taught in these fields of study include, but are not limited to, recording and mixing music, mastering, and music theory (education-portal.com). Learning these abilities can not only improve one’s knowledge of the technical si...
With this short but very interesting and informative class I have just scratched the surface of the what it takes to make a full fleged film. It takes much more than I had presumed to make a movie in Hollywood. The number of people that it takes to make a minute of a movie let alone the entire movie was astonishing to me. There are many things that it takes to start making a movie but without an idea of some sort there is no movie to be made.
There's always people telling me “Why I would pick film as a career? You're going to struggle for most of your life and your probably never going to make it big.” The simple answer is “well I love movies”, but even though that's true and it's a big reason, it's not the only reason. The truth is I was never good at math and that's a problem when you want to be an engineer growing up. Being an engineer was just a title for me and I never understood what it was and when I took a course in school I didn't like it or do well. As my senior year came closer not knowing what to study became a problem. Eventually I found myself watching movies and tv shows every night before bed and one night watching a classic called Cinema Paradiso a character by the name of ******* said something that I will never forget “Whatever you end up doing, love it.”. So I asked
I can still remember my very first animation, the one that inspired me to be creative. Since the first time I watched Winnie the Pooh, I knew that this belongs somewhere in my future. Until now, I still know that I will have to work in this creative industry. Animation is my perfect match and I knew it because I have a peculiar combination of interests in maths, arts and technology. I studied about the maths used in animation and software, by then I was even more fascinated by its powerful tools. Something very simple, yet it is creating something very complex. The tools that can create both reality and imagination. Moreover, I love the way teams work. I am community-oriented and I love the environment of a team-a place where ideas become something greater. I just cannot wait, to be a part of something great. My goal is not fame nor money, but the happiness that I gain and the happiness that I will give.
I’ve always loved acting. Since I was six years old I knew I wanted to be an actress, I watched Anastasia, an animated musical, and I fell in love. Ever since then I wanted to act, I kept reenacting movie I loved. My aunt is a set designer for Fox Colombia, which was then RTI, and I would get to read all the scrips, be on a set while they were shooting, be around the production, and I was the happiest kid. After a lot of begging I had my first audition at 8 years old, but my “acting career” didn’t last long because shortly after that we moved to the United States.
Good morning/afternoon students. Let me first congratulate you for being chosen for this semesters acting course here at Nida. I’m Tayla, your tutor for the semester. My position here today, is to clarify the confusion you have may have about the aspects of the acting career. Many of you may think the fame comes as a part of being an actor. After many years of working in this industry, I can tell you with emphasis fame is truly only a media creation. ‘The state of being widely known or recognized’ (TheFreeDictionary.com, 2014) justifies faultlessly what fame is. Think to yourself for a second, how would we know about any of the celebrities without the media? Accept if we know them in person of course. Without the media, there would be no fame and the publicity fame brings, does not always bring the best out in people. Fame is solely a media creation.
I have loved acting for as long as I can remember. At age three I entertained family members with reenactments of my favorite movie scenes and at thirteen I was cast in the American Conservatory Theater’s first Shakespearean performance through the Youth Conservatory—A Midsummer Night’s Dream. For the last five years, those eighth-floor classrooms in downtown San Francisco have served as a second home in which I thrive as an actress. When my mother enrolled me at A.C.T. I began taking acting very seriously and committed myself to training. Eventually, I decided that I wanted a career in the film industry.
The film industry has always been somewhat of a dichotomy. Grounded firmly in both the worlds of art and business the balance of artistic expression and commercialization has been an issue throughout the history of filmmaking. The distinction of these two differing goals and the fact that neither has truly won out over the other in the span of the industry's existence, demonstrates a lot of information about the nature of capitalism.
Many people don’t think about it so much, but movies (or just film in general) have become such a big part of our lives that we don’t think much of it because it just feels like a usual part of living. But have you ever wondered why this is, and how far back film started? Movies and film have been around for a long time, have developed in big ways throughout time, and has advanced in such a big and new way to this day.
I decided to be a director when I was fourteen years old. I was in my tenth grade and studied about world wars in history. I was inspired by the stories of the wars and started writing stories based on the same subject. I had little clue what to do with those stories until I watched ‘Saving Private Ryan’ .This movie based on second world war inspired me to be a filmmaker.
I would like to be a video editor because I think it would be a great experience. It would help me make videos much better looking for an audience. I would love this as a lifetime job and do editing for big businesses like FOX or YouTube, things like that. I want to be a video editor because I have always fantasized of being a big person and doing a job with computers. I love working and making films better. I used to make videos better for people when I lived in Houston.